You are likely right on the 3 recruitment’s. I think AW said as much himself and we have 1 of those 3 already. It is only 3 if we keep the current squad together (or at least those we want to keep) otherwise we enter a whole different ball game.

There are question marks hanging over retaining Sanchez, Ozil, Ox and possibly even Bellerin. Of these Sanchez is the biggest doubt. I will try and pen my bit on the TW if Sanchez stays or if he goes and what options we could look at.

Not sure about the French players at the moment Micky. Like you I want a top striker and while Lacazette and Dembele ought to be serious options the new striker would have to be an upgrade on Ollie, Danny and Theo and both those players seem behind Ollie in the international pecking order.

It may have more to do with Deschamp himself though because he also benched Kante while playing Matuidi and Sissoko,so one could possibly question his sanity. Maybe RC can shed some light.

Despite this crop of players, we may fail to quality for the World Cup 2018 after our disastrous defeat to Sweden thanks to Tottenham GK’s only blunder of the season…Where was that blunder against Arsenal?

Thanks Micky, Vive la France …. I hear they plan to sing our national anthem as an act of solidarity against our recent terrorist attacks.

It’s impossible to dislike the French for their footballers, or their wine and cheese … but I can find other excuses 😆

I hope to watch the game tonight although may have to retreat to my bedroom, and like you, I’m not too fussed who wins. All this sycophancy over Kane makes me nauseous … but at least The Ox shone in the last game.

Anyone need anymore convincing regarding Mbappe and Dembele? These two players are dynamite. Lemar is an improved Iwobi too.

I like Dembele over Lacazette because Dembele has the ability to create chances. He needs to mature in his decision making, keeping his focus and in his Finishing but he is already ok his way to be a top top player. Lacazette is a very good striker but he is more of a 9 and he s not so pacey nor strong so I don’t think he will do well in England whereas he would do great in Spain or Germany

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Morning all. I am not reading too much into that game last night. It was essentially the final game before they all head off on holidays, which I know shouldn’t make a difference when representing your country but unfortunately it happens.

England played with 1 foot on the beach while France played like they had to win in front of their home crowd to make some amends for the Swedish result.

The extra effort from France made the telling difference for me so I find it difficult to properly assess where each team really is in terms of quality.

One thing though, where the hell was AOC playing? He seemed to spend way too much time sitting in front of the back 4. He must have been following instructions, and it did look like Southgate had a dose of the Arsenalesque square pegs in round holes afflicting him.

Stoke, Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea and City away games in our first 11 matches! Was hoping for an easier start to get the fans on board again. If we do poorly in these games it could get very toxic early on. If we do well though then we have a real chance heading into second half of the season.

Sanchez keen to leave AFC apparently – Bayern and City in the front seat BUT:
– AW wants to keep him
– AW will not sell to City
– AW may be tempted to get a player from Bayern as part of the Sanchez deal. Who would you take? Douglas Costa is off to Juventus. If anyone, I would take Vidal but he is going to the be the pull factor for Sanchez. I would gone with Kimmich as a second option but he has renewed and Lewandowski is not for sale. We could may be try Javi Martinez.

No idea what’s going to happen with Sanchez, but one thing I do predict is that he’s going to go through a period in his career with a lot of injuries. He plays 90 minutes nearly every game and plays those minutes at full pelt. I worry that it could catch up with him eventually.

Someone talked about Payet “the snake”.
You have to know that before he came to England he was at Olympique de Marseille before the new project. The club was in a difficult financial state and decided to sell Payet. But he didn’t want to leave and had to accept the better move proposed and that was West Ham. For a playmaker of this level it’s a bit light: he desrved better. Payet felt good in France before that. So for me it came with no surprise when he tried to leave a place where he didn’t want to go.
The former OM club managers are the persons to blame for this drama. It’s true that Payet could have done it in a better way when he leaved West Ham but one can understand he has been utilised by a club and certainly not in his best interest.

Sanchez to Chelsea now, he wants to stay in London. There are too many rumour surrounding the little Chilean for my liking. I have a feeling he is going. And I wouldn’t mind as long as we get Messi to replace him

Sanchez may want to play alongside the very best in the world but he has tried that and been found wanting. His unfortunate habit of conceding possession was not acceptable to Barca and will hinder his chances of a move to BM.

Any team which plays possession football at the highest level will be wary of a man who makes so many mistakes.

My guess is that he will stay though if he goes we always have The Jeff.

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